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- Patent Box in the mainstream press
- Brexit – its effect is felt in IP filing statistics
- UK intellectual property office patents rules and design fees changes 2016
- What’s your priority?
- When looking in from the outside, the world of IP can appear confusing
- BASCOM vs AT&T – Patent eligibility vs Patentability
- Correct me if I’m wrong but…
- The European front of the CRISPR patent war
- Ambush marketing in the Olympics and rule 40 – does it really deter big brand owners?
- Extra copyright protection for designers
- A Japanese court decision suggests a patent with extended term may cover equivalent products
- When competitors threaten to infringe your patent, where do you draw the line?
- The EPO tackles its backlog
- Does IP provide a clue to team GB’s cycling dominance?
- Accelerated examination of US patent applications relating to cancer immunotherapy
- Will Ericsson’s master sale agreement to unwired planet come unstuck?
- GM crops are a seasonal matter
- UKIPO filing statistics viewed through a Brexit lens
- UK Patent Box – part of your business strategy?
- Brexit and the Unitary Patent
- Pokémon Go into the world of patents
- Trade secrets – the EU’s controversial new directive comes into force
- The EPO introduces streamlined opposition proceedings
- Plausibility in the UK
- UK votes to leave the EU – what now?
- And on that bombshell
- Touchdown on earth for space technology
- Patenting activity in the automotive industry
- Are you getting the most out of your UK patent?
- Patent eligibility of computer implemented inventions – recent US updates
- Italy getting closer to UPC ratification – is the finish line in sight for everyone?
- Developing a cure for a myriad afflictions?
- The future for cars: hybrid, battery or fuel cell?
- A method for mildly irritating patent trolls
- Copying film clips is just not fair
- Chopping down patent thickets with declaratory relief
- Death of the omnibus claim
- Trolls, unicorns, giants and patent litigation
- The FinTech revolution: file! file! file!
- China patent filings still booming
- Lay your cards on the table
- How bright is the UK’s solar future?
- Community Registered Designs – from suitcase to court case: the return journey
- Why doesn’t my patent give me freedom to operate?
- Speeding up prosecution at the EPO
- Patent term extensions in Japan – a question of identity
- Translating IP Translator and Article 28 outside Europe
- No fees for opting out of the Unified Patent Court
- Brexit – will there be any change for patent owners if the UK leaves the EU?
- Claim of thrones
- UPC update: nine down, four more to go
- How badly will the 3.5mm jack be missed?
- I recognise that shape – could it be a trade mark?
- Keeping up the PACE
- A new battle-front opens in the CRISPR patent wars – will it be the last great US interference?
- Figurative marks – the quest for clarity, consistency and certainty
- A Christmas present from the European Commission
- What next for biotech patenting in Australia?
- Calling all inventors: time to lock the garden shed?
- What has changed in the UPC regime in 2015 and what can we expect in 2016?
- None of this is real: the patentability of computer simulations in Europe
- The TMs, they are a changin’
- New FRAND developments in the UK high court
- As the PCT Direct service expands, is it time you went direct?
- Scanning for mistakes at the EPO
- Surprising benefits at the European patent office after the Alice v CLS US supreme court decision
- Poisonous priority – closer to an answer
- Patent Box: what are the proposed changes?
- Off-patent drugs bill filibustered
- Off-patent drugs bill second reading
- The Unified Patent Court update: representation rights for European patent attorneys
- Battle of the (fitness) bands – the start of another patent war?
- An update on the Italian position on the Unitary Patent Package – “Meglio tardi che mai”
- Toyota goes back to the future
- Increase in number of EP validation states
- Cars – the next big thing for the tech giants?
- Outsourcing manufacture to China: reduce your risk
- Innovation harvesting: how to recognise inventions and turn them into valuable IP
- Has the court of appeal found that 0.77 is greater than 1?
- 20+ years post-TRIPS – are submarines still out there?
- Software patents and expert systems – what do you recommend?
- Three things all entrepreneurs should know about intellectual property and crowdfunding
- Shiver me timbers! Digital pirates beware…
- Changes in Japanese patent practice
- Brexit – what could this mean for intellectual property?
- Renewing the focus on renewable energy
- Unitary Patent renewal fees – all you need to know
- Sofaworks v Sofa Workshop: CTM blow cushioned by passing off in the UK
- EPO global dossier service extends remit
- Alice Corp v CLS one year on: US patents for computer implemented inventions still being granted in large numbers
- Off-patent drugs bill revived!
- Sweet success for Cadbury?
- Have Tesla Motors changed down a gear?
- Patents: no use for product-by-process claims?
- EPO annual report: Europe continues strong growth, but UK fails to make its mark
- The Unified Patent Court: fees for opting out and opting back in
- Third strike, not out for Skype
- The unitary patent and unified patent court – another hurdle cleared
- Why you should worry about time zones (if you care about patents)
- Scrabble / scramble: why they shouldn’t have gone to Specsavers
- Time to print some new 3D laws?
- EPO enlarged board says “yes” to Tomatoes and Broccoli
- G 3/14: the Enlarged Board clarifies “clarity” in opposition proceedings
- Rihanna, Bob Marley, Robin Williams: image rights protection and trade mark registration
- ASOS v ASSOS: own-name defence saves ASOS from being wrecked on the rocks
- The EPO’s enlarged board clarifies clarity in opposition proceedings
- What protection do Swiss-type second medical use claims provide?
- Grace periods – good for Europe?
- Patents: A driving force in Formula One?
- There be dragons…
- Introduction to new Japan post-grant opposition system
- Amazon: drive-by printing anyone?
- Rubik’s cube: unlocking 3D trade marks
- US & Japan join the Hague system
- #CanIRegisterMyHashtag / domain name as my trade mark?
- SIMPLY not good enough: what happens when your mark is registered in one style and used in another?
- Use of a mark – the insight provided by Specsavers
- Africa is becoming part of Europe
- Centralised limitation of European patents – any opportunity to revamp your case on appeal?
- Patentable Parthenotes
- Poisonous priority – will the Enlarged Board of Appeal allow an antidote?
- UK’s attention to training pays off at European patent exams
- Construing claims without numbers
- The economics of intellectual property
- Unified patent update – spotlight on Spain, Malta & the UK
- Philips & Nintendo’s dispute
- Airbus reimagines flight
- Standards essential patents, the latest chapter
- PCT Direct: searching for Déjà Vu
- Unified Patent Court: an update
- Patent Box? Just call nein nein nein
- ‘Our reasons…are as innumerable as the stars’
- EPO issues updated guidelines for examination
- Obtaining patents is a prize-winning pursuit
- A non-binding opinion with a sting in the tail
- Open access publishing
- Investing in the intangible
- Things are speeding up (and probably slowing down) at the EPO
- Orange is not the only book, old fruit…
- Protecting your Cleantech ideas and innovations – IP and your business plan
- Introduction to IP changes under the Intellectual Property Act 2014
- Electronic patent marking
- Don’t miss out on the opportunity to comment on the latest UK IPO public consultation
- Patent checking is about to become cheaper and easier
- Show me the money – what is the value of intellectual property?
- Intellectual property in biotechnology fact sheet
- Agri-tech research in the UK – a major field of growth
- Scam wars – the UK IPO fights back
- Tesla Motors opens up
- The great yoghurt debate: possessing Greek style, but lacking Greek culture?
- Apple are told they can protect its retail store layout as a trade mark in Europe
- Survey evidence in trade mark proceedings – the parrot may not be quite dead but it’s very expensive
- Alice v CLS – how the Supreme Court case impacts patent applications in practice
- The EPO and the fine art of complaining
- I scream, you scream – we all scream for…milk and milk products?
- Honky tonk utility models
- Victory for Apple, but Samsung takes a bite
- WIPO to make written opinions on patentability available for third party inspection during the international phase
- Japanese patent decisions: Apple v Samsung – the grand panel decision of the IP high court
- I disclosed my invention at a public conference yesterday, can I still get valid protection for it?
- How the EPO can leave you feeling listless – Added subject matter at the EPO resulting from selections from multiple lists
- Will the 2014 Longitude Prize winner patent their technology?
- Definitive US supreme court case on the patentability of business methods
- UK Patent Box news
- Law Commission advises reform of groundless threats provisions
- Black and white marks creating grey all over – the new OHIM practice on black and white marks
- Compensation of employees for inventions continues to be an uphill struggle
- The CJEU gives BIMBOs the cold shoulder
- Unified patent court – Sweden ratifies, Denmark referendum gives the go ahead
- Changes to Japanese patent law – a new opposition system
- Post-grant central limitation in the EPO – a useful tool or a damp squib?
- The Court of Appeal applies the brakes on added matter
- The EPC and the right to be heard
- Changes to New Zealand patent law
- China – a new specialised IP court?
- Robotics: patent trends and future directions
- Community Registered Designs – from suitcase to court case
- ADR in patent agreements
- Japanese patent litigation: Samsung v Apple – the wrestlers in the ring
- Thank you for your (enhanced) cooperation?
- Update on the proposed European unitary patent and the unified patent court
- What does the Nagoya Protocol mean to you?
- IP rights – fundamental for a healthier future
- Patent trends in the hybrid-electric vehicle sector: onwards and upwards?
- Unitary patent court ratification: one step closer
- Tongue twisters in Bocacina v Boca Cafes: “the low cost court that uses costs to encourage lower future costs!”
- Pancake patent search falls flat
- The UK IP Bill: harmonizing UK and European design protection
- China trade marks – clarity on enforcement of colour combinations and changes to the law
- New European fees for filing cascaded divisional applications
- The Unitary Patent package: the Italian singularity
- Nestlé v Cadbury – the tale of the Kit Kat shape trade mark
- The UK IP Bill – definition of proposed criminal offence tightened up so as to more clearly target only intentional close copies
- UK IPO: patent prosecution highway and accelerated examination
- Patent trends in the clean energy sector
- NOW vs NOW – A warning against using ‘figleaf’ figurative elements in order to register descriptive or non-distinct words
- An overview of EP validation by country and technological sector
- Trade secrets: can you keep a secret?
- EPO refines rule 6 concerning the fee reductions associated with filing translations
- Santa Claus is coming to town
- UK Patent Box – taxing times?
- Added matter: is the EPO becoming less stringent?
- The World Intellectual Property Office’s green fingers: WIPO Green
- G2/13 Broccoli – the main ingredient again in EPO referral to the enlarged board
- gTLDS – practical steps to protect yourself in the expanding internet
- Free online advice from the IPO
- “Should I stay or should I go”? – court of appeal decision in IPCom GmbH & Co Kg v HTC Europe Co Ltd & Others
- SPC terms are set to change in the UK
- Inventive step at the EPO 80s style
- A new dawn for community trade marks and a new name thrown in too!
- EPO guidelines – updated yearly and consulted frequently
- EPO changes rule 164 concerning searches for applications lacking unity
- IP5 PPH: A step towards a truly international patent application?
- PCC restructured as the IPEC
- Important update concerning the deadline for filing European divisional applications
- US patent office enters the spirit of the January sales
- Austria becomes the first European Union state to ratify the unitary patent package
- Rise of the machine translations: Espacenet to translate Russian language documents
- Space: intellectual property’s final frontier
- The end of the road for superfast UK patents
- Law commission consultation: groundless threats
- US patent law change: the Leahy-Smith AIA update
- UK IPO updates guidelines for medical inventions
- When ‘use’ of a trade mark is not ‘genuine use’
- Shift amendments & unity – revisions to the examination guidelines in Japan
- US patentee burnt by on-sale bar through outsourcing
- The patent opinion service: a valued opinion?
- Injunctions to restrain potential infringement
- First to file: are laboratory notebooks now redundant?
- Threats and trade marks – a uniquely British issue
- Have you thought about utility models?
- Personalised medicine: a personal view on novelty in Europe
- Compulsory licensing developments in BRIC states following Natco v Bayer
- Virgin Atlantic v Zodiac Seats – overhaul of damages by the UK courts
- Translations at the EPO: “Es macht nichts wenn Sie nicht Deutsch sprechen”
- Notices from companies offering registration of copyright in the UK: official and unofficial registers for your IP rights
- Myriad Genetics: US supreme court rules on the patentability of isolated human genes
- A presentation and update on the unitary patent and the unified patent court
- Misleading “invoices” and other traps for the unwary
- Superfast patent processing in the UK
- Software and business methods: more playing around at the edges?
- Patents: when things go wrong
- Nestec v Dualit & Self-Collision
- US gets tough on patent trolls
- Nestec v Dualit: indirect infringement – wake up and smell the coffee
- IP translator – what have we seen in practice?
- Croatia will shortly join the EU – what does this mean for my IP portfolio?
- Less is more: what the Nestec v Dualit decision could mean for priority claims
- HTC v Apple: not all computer programs are excluded after all
- UK intellectual property law bill – criminalisation of the copying of registered designs?
- 3D printing and CAD files – don’t shoot the messenger
- Market surveys showing evidence of confusion – “let me say it again, but more loudly”
- Unitary patent update – the CJEU says “no” to Spain and Italy
- Meditations on mediation
- The UKIPO’s swift search and examination of patent applications
- CTMs – is use in one country enough?
- Consultation on a patents appointed person: a new appeal route
- Chinese year of the utility model?
- Beware of IP letters scam
- Patent box: changing the attitude of UK business towards IP?
- The latest word on replacement parts – where does repairing stop and making start?
- 5 reasons to start virtual patent marking today
- EPO breaks new record for filings
- Amazon’s gift order patent revoked
- The Japanese patent office: exporting services to South East Asia
- Clinical trials: the unitary patent and bolar exemptions
- The unified patent court: forum shop ’til you drop?
- More important than ever to protect software?
- Can anybody help SME?
- Consultation on EP rule changes
- Attack of the clones – defending your website
- In or out? – the UK in Europe
- Special delivery – the European unitary patent package
- Third party observations
- Australia ‘raises the bar’ for patentees
- China – protection of your trade marks
- European unitary patent – an historic agreement reached
- Is Santa Claus giving away more than just presents?
- China: possibly the most important place to file a patent application?
- Leahy-Smith AIA – a one way street?
- An attorney’s perspective on EPO policy
- Should you open the patent box? – tax benefits for innovation and patenting
- Bad Apple?
- Is your claim to priority valid?
- Patents county court: punching above it’s weight
- Should drug trials be allowed without the risk of patent infringement?
- Apple v Samsung “tablet” – losing is a bitter pill?
- EPO clarity objections: raising the bar too high?
- Petitions to the enlarged board of appeal – more hope than expectation?
- One court to rule them all?
- Is use of a CTM in one EU country enough to defend a non-use challenge?
- US punitive damages – A fairer hearing following the decision in Bard v Gore?
- The EPO’s new economic and scientific advisory board
- Double or quits – double patenting at the EPO
- Community registered designs – beware OHIM’s power to raise additional grounds of invalidity
- Changes in Indian trading regulations – what does this mean for brand owners?
- G02/10 – EPO expands possibility to use undisclosed disclaimers
- UK High Court takes a narrow view of mental act exclusion
- US patent reform update
- State of the art still uncertain after UK LG-Sony settlement
- A review of the latest developments towards a unitary European patent
- The hargreaves review
- UK IPO launch peer to patent initiative
- Localised goodwill and granting of limited relief in passing off cases
- US expected to make largest patent reform in 60 years
- US patent practice update: duty of candor and inequitable conduct
- Swiss-type claim practice for second medical uses from 28th January 2011
- US supreme court confirms the patentability of business methods
- G3/08 software related inventions
- National authorities disagree on CTMs when there’s use in only one country
- New European rule changes
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